The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Bosnia's constitution illegally discriminates against ethnic minorities by not allowing them to run for high political office. The Bosnian Constitution distinguishes between...
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said Monday that the state will begin transferring prisoners out of state to reduce prison overcrowding . State officials will transfer 2,000 prisoners , with...
Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and former hedge fund consultant Danielle Chiesi pleaded not guilty Monday to insider trading charges. The pair were indicted last week by a...
The Guinean military junta committed crimes against humanity during the September 28 incidents at Conakry , according to a report by a UN fact-finding mission leaked Monday. The commission concluded that military junta leader Moussa Dadis...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday rejected a Chinese appeal of an August ruling that Chinese controls on US imports of books, music, and audiovisual materials violate international trade regulations. The dispute...
Violent crime in the US decreased 4.4 percent in the first half of 2009, according to the FBI's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report published Monday. Specifically, murder decreased 10 percent, robbery dropped 6.5 percent, forcible rape...
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of fraud and corruption that led to his resignation last year. Olmert is accused of illegally accepting cash contributions from American businessman...
Myanmar's Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by opposition pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against the 18-month extension of her house arrest. The decision for the full court to hear...
A French judge on Friday placed former French president Jacques Chirac under preliminary investigation over allegations that he misused public funds while serving as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. Chirac is accused...
A French court ruled Friday that Google violated French copyright law through its book-scanning initiative . The Parisian court fined Google 300,000 euros (USD $430,000) for digitizing books and making excerpts available on the web....
